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Music is a huge part of my life. How could it not be? I live in “Music City”, right?! I really think that music provides a soundtrack to our lives. As powerful as sights and smells, hearing a song can ignite a memory from long ago or can give you a mental boost when you’re dragging along. The power of music is undeniable.

Music is also a huge part of my training. 95% of the time, I train on my own, and trust me, the mind can really wonder to some strange places when you’re doing 20-30 hour training weeks! I find music to be a great way to not only zone into a particular workout, but as a way to help motivate and push me along during tougher training periods.

I get asked a lot about what music I listen to during training sessions and especially during events. I think most people might imagine me having massive playlists loaded with pounding, up-beat tunes, but it’s actually quite the opposite. The majority of the music I listen to while training is, in a lot of ways, more of a downtempo variety. I find that it allows me to relax, breathe smoothly, and calms me mentally as I push through a particular session.

Thankfully, with all of the newer options available through music subscription services (i.e. Spotify, Rhapsody) I no longer have to spend massive amounts of money on permanent purchases. I can now easily charge my player up with countless playlists and enough music to last for weeks on end, which is sometimes necessary when you’re running across a desert!

So what am I listening to? Well, it would be impossible to pigeon hole me into one particular taste, so I’ll just share with you the top 20 from my most recent playlist. It’s probably a good representation of my taste: a bit of the old, a bit of the new, a bit of the fast, a bit of the slow. You can also see current updates to my musical tastes over at my personal blog, teamRFO.com. I post a weekly “Video of the Week” there. It’s fun for me to share my tastes with others. Who knows? Maybe I can introduce you to something new that you may enjoy as much as I do! So, here are the goods….

TOP 20 SONGS FROM MY FAVORITE PLAYLIST (Track/Artist):

Radioactive – Imagine Dragons

Human Error – We Were Promised Jetpacks

You For Leaving Me – Colourmusic

Cut It Out – Kitten

The Bends – Radiohead

Last Day of Magic – The Kills

Fire Woman – The Cult

Young Men Dead – The Black Angels

Hoppipolla – Sigur Ros

Underdog – Kasabian

No Light, No Light – Florence and the Machine

Earthquake – Labrinth

Helplessness Blues – Fleet Foxes

Levels – Avicii

The Bad In Each Other – Feist

Hold The Line – Major Lazer

Youngblood – The Naked and Famous

Ce Jeu (The Twelves Remix) – Yelle

Fader – The Temper Trap

Son’s Gonna Rise – Citizen Cope

Hope you guys enjoy the tunes and check back often! I’m currently getting my training underway to tackle The Gobi March in late May of this year and I’ll be posting regular updates over the next 5 months. I’m excited about entering a new training cycle and seeing what 2013 has in store for me! Read more about The Gobi March here.

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We’re baking it up it up a notch by reimagining good into great with our assortment of on-the-go baked snacks crafted with thoughtful ingredients. Nature’s Bakery products include Stone Ground Whole Wheat Fig Bars, Gluten Free Fig Bars and a line of Organic Snack Bars including Organic Chocolate Brownies and Honey & Oat Soft Baked Bars. Nature’s Bakery products are Kosher, Non-GMO verified, dairy-free, soy-free and made with NO high fructose corn syrup.